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L= K. BEY-my BUTTER JAR. No. 856,188. y Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

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LEVI K. BRYANT, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTER-JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,188, dated January18, 1887.

Application filed August ll, 1886. Serial No. 210,656. (No model.) i

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that'I, LEVI K. BRYANT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State'of Massachusetts,haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Packing-Vessels for Butter,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invent-ion is to producea packingvessel for butter openat both ends and closed by covers, one or both being provided with anornamental design on the inside, so that the contents can be removed inslices or portions as required, with an `ornamental design imprintedthereon.

The invention consists of a cylinder of glass, earthenware, or othersuitable material, provided on the outside, at each end, with ascrewthread, onto each of which is screwed a cover with an ornamentaldesign on the inside. In one end ofthe cylinder is placed afollower, sothat when the cover at that end is removed the contents can be forcedtoward the opposite end by pressing on the follower, thereby impartingan ornamental design to the butter.

The other cover being then removed and the follower again pressed, thebutter is forced out, so that a portion or slice can be cut off, havingan ornamental design thereon, and the covers replaced.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l representsalongitudinal section of a packing-vessel embodying myinvention. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section with the covers removed and the contentspushed partly out. Figs. 3 and4 are sectional views ofthe covers. Arepresentsa cylinder, made, preferably, of glass, or it may be ofearthenware or any other suitable material, provided onthe outside, ateach end, with a screw-thread, B, and shoulder C.

A represents butter contained in the vessel. D D are the covers,provided each with a screw-thread, E, to correspond with that on thecylinder, one or both of the covers being provided with an ornamentaldesign, as shown in the cover D', which design will be imprinted lon thebutter contained inthe cylinder.

F F are packing-rings that reston the shoulders C, and when the coversDDl are screwed down tight these rings form an air-tight joint.

,G is a follower.

Vhen it is desired to iill the vessel with butter, the covers areremoved from the cylin der and the proper quantity of butter placedtherein. The follower G is then put on the top of the butter and thecovers screwed on tight, thereby excluding all atmospheric air.

When it is desired to take out a portion of the butter, both lcovers areremoved and the follower G pressed down, which will force'the butter outat the opposite end of the cylinder, as shown in Fig. 2, and whensuicient has been forced out for use it can be cut off level withl theendof the cylinder and the covers again replaced.

The ornamental design on the inside of one or both of the coversI D D'will be imprinted on the butter, so that the design may be impressedupon every portion or slice cut off, thereby giving it a very neatappearance for table use.

It will thus be seen that the butter can bek always kept in a sweet andclean condition, and when required for use the requisite portion can bereadily removed by simply pressing down the follower and cutting off theprojecting portion without touching it with the hands.

What I claim as my invention is The covers D D', one or both providedwith an ornamental design on the inside, in combination with thecylinder A and follower G, for

packing butter, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

p LEVI K. BRYANT.

, Witnesses:

J. H. ADAMS,

E. PLANTA.

